Facebook message hints Whaling City Festival may be back on

Wednesday

Apr 2, 2014 at 12:35 PMApr 2, 2014 at 12:44 PM

NEW BEDFORD — A statement posted as a status on the Whaling City Festival's Facebook page Tuesday reads, "The show must go on! July 11, 12 and 13/11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m," possibly signaling that the festival organizers have decided they will be able to hold their annual festival this year.

NEW BEDFORD — A statement posted as a status on the Whaling City Festival's Facebook page Tuesday reads, "The show must go on! July 11, 12 and 13/11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m," possibly signaling that the festival organizers have decided they will be able to hold their annual festival this year.

The festival is typically held around that time each year, with 2013's festival running from July 12-14. The Standard-Times has not yet reached members of the Whaling City Festival's committee.

Pete Boswell, chair of the New Bedford Park Board, said there can be no festival until the board approves it; he said that issue will come before the board at a meeting tonight at 6 p.m.